MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to score 30 points and shoot at least 60 percent in six straight games, Chris Bosh scored 32 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Miami Heat held off the Portland Trail Blazers 117-104 on Tuesday night.
James scored 30 points on 11 for 15 shooting and Dwyane Wade added 24 points for Miami, which wasted a pair of 14-point leads — then put the game away with a 14-0 run in the final minutes. Ray Allen added 14 for Miami.
Damian Lillard had a gamehigh 33 points for Portland, which got 29 from LaMarcus Aldridge and 20 from Wesley Matthews.
Lakers 91, Suns 85
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dwight Howard had 19 points and 18 rebounds, Antawn Jamison added 19 points, and Los Angeles survived Kobe Bryant’s bizarre four-point performance for its eighth win in 11 games.
Bryant didn’t attempt a shot in the first half and scored his first basket with 2:13 to play, finishing 1 for 8 with eight turnovers in one of the oddest games of his 17-year career.
Raptors 109, Nuggets 108
TORONTO (AP) — Rudy Gay hit a pull-up jump shot with less than five seconds remaining and Toronto beat short-handed Denver.
DeMar DeRozan scored 22 points, Gay had 17 and John Lucas scored 12 of his 14 points in the final quarter as the Raptors won their third straight.
It was the second gamewinner in three games for Gay, who beat Indiana with an overtime jumper last Friday.
Grizzlies 108, Kings 101
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Marc Gasol had 24 points and 12 rebounds, Mike Conley scored 22 points and Memphis beat Sacramento.
Tony Allen added a seasonhigh 19 points to help the Grizzlies win their sixth straight over the Kings at home. Memphis entered the All-Star break with a threegame win streak, their longest in more than a month.
DeMarcus Cousins scored 23 points and Tyreke Evans had 20 for the Kings.
Jazz 109, Thunder 94
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Al Jefferson scored 23 points, Paul Millsap had 18 and Utah ended Oklahoma City’s fourgame winning streak.
Utah’s bench outscored Oklahoma City’s 49-25, and the Jazz bigs dominated the boards, holding a 16-7 edge on offensive rebounds.
The Thunder also committed 20 turnovers.
Rockets 116, Warriors 107
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — James Harden had 27 points and seven rebounds on a nagging left knee, Chandler Parsons added 21 points and nine assists and Houston beat slumping Golden State.
Jeremy Lin finished with 14 points and 10 assists to help the Rockets past his former team for the second time in eight days.
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